Starting today, MBS Digest is also something you can listen to.

The Staple Line is the weekly audio edition of MBS Digest. Each episode runs about ten minutes and covers the papers and stories our editorial board voted to the top of the issue, across surgery research, the science of obesity metabolism, innovation and technology, and the marketplace. It is read by the Production Editor, with the caveat that goes with each result.

Episode 1 covers Issue 14: GLP-1 agonists for weight regain after surgery, patient satisfaction twelve years out, a sponsor-reported phase 3 incretin drug, AI at trocar entry, and the ASMBS white paper on AI in bariatric care.

The show is also on Pocket Casts and Castro, and any podcast app can follow the RSS feed. Every episode has its own page at mbs-digest.com with a full transcript and links to each source.

Scripts are drafted with AI assistance from the published issue, then reviewed and recorded by the host. Each claim traces to the issue and its sources, and each result keeps the caveat the issue attaches to it. A new episode follows each weekly issue. The podcast summarizes published evidence and is not medical advice.

If you enjoy it, a rating on Apple Podcasts helps other clinicians find the show.

John D. Scott, MD FACS
Production Editor, MBS Digest